Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Synopsis An exploration of the architecture surrounding us, from European settlement. This year the subject will emphasise issues and ideas in building design and urbanism from the later nineteenth century, after a survey of colonial and mid-Victorian architecture. Lectures and seminars will then explore changes in late nineteenth century architecture, federation and early `radical' design, the garden city movement and attempts to emulate the British and American metropolis; conservatism and nationalism in twentieth-century architecture, the colonial revival, Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony, the `arrival' of European modernism after 1933, the regional and internationalist approaches of Robin Boyd, Roy Grounds, Frederick Romberg, Harry Seidler, Jörn Utzon and others, and more recent attempts to engage both landscape and urban surroundings. Emphasis will be placed on histories and criticism in Australian architecture.
Assessment Written (4500 words): 75% + Visual test (1 hour): 25%